Cyber Safety

Broadly speaking, there are two types of cyber attacks. One is opportunistic, focusing on random victims. But the other type targets specific organisations and individuals. These latter attacks are well-funded, well-planned, and often have the backing of a nation-state.

Ransomware are blunt but highly effective attacks that encrypt a company’s data and demand payment to reverse the encryption. Criminals use tactics such as phishing to fool key employees into deploying malware that rapidly encrypts important data, causing big system outages and stopping operations.

The bigger they are, the more security challenges they have. This statement applies to any large enterprise’s technology estate and should resonate with every CIO and CISO.